1960 Resolution Passed By Dems In Regards to Supreme Ct. Nominations

The following are statements made by David Bernstein of the Washington Post in regards to a 1960 Resolution passed by the Dems. I can't believe no major news outlet has mentioned this. Also not noted by many is Chuck Schumer's statements included below in a video, followed by text.

"Thanks to a VC commenter, I discovered that in August 1960, the Democrat-controlled Senate passed a resolution, S.RES. 334, “Expressing the sense of the Senate that the president should not make recess appointments to the Supreme Court, except to prevent or end a breakdown in the administration of the Court’s business.”  Each of President Eisenhower’s SCOTUS appointments had initially been a recess appointment who was later confirmed by the Senate, and the Democrats were apparently concerned that Ike would try to fill any last-minute vacancy that might arise with a recess appointment."

The GOP opposed this, of course. Hypocrisy goes two ways. But the majority won. As it should this time.

Update: Don't forget Chuck Schumer



During a speech at a convention of the American Constitution Society in July 2007, Schumer said if any new Supreme Court vacancies opened up, Democrats should not allow Bush the chance to fill it “except in extraordinary circumstances.”

Here are Schumer's exact words:

“We should reverse the presumption of confirmation,” Schumer said, according to Politico. “The Supreme Court is dangerously out of balance. We cannot afford to see Justice Stevens replaced by another Roberts, or Justice Ginsburg by another Alito.” During the same speech, Schumer lamented that he hadn’t managed to block Bush’s prior Supreme Court nominations."

Notably, when he made his remarks in 2007, Bush had about seven more months remaining in his presidential term than Obama has remaining in his.

Food for thought ...